The Spring Hill College men’s tennis team showed pure domination in the second day of the SIAC Round-Up, winning all three games against Morehouse, Benedict, and Fort Valley State at the Copeland-Cox (Mobile) Tennis Center on Friday.
The Badgers started the day off in fashion with a 7-0 win over Fort Valley State. Philip Bosman and Noah Eberhard started off doubles play with a clean 6-0 sweep, followed by a 6-1 victory for Matthew Pirie and Will Huckell. The Badgers finished off doubles with another clean sweep, in which Charles Wallace and Hugo Blasco Granell won 6-0 also. The dominance continued into singles play with the Badgers winning every singles point. Four badgers, Bosman, Kern, Arthur Praud, and Eberhard all earned clean sweeps in singles, winning their matches 6-0, respectively.
SHC didn’t take its foot off the gas heading into the second game of the day, sweeping Morehouse College 7-0. Charles Wallace and Hugo Blasco Granell started off doubles with a clean 6-0 sweep. Tom Gutermann and Paul-Philipp Kern followed with a clean sweep of their own. Philip Bosman and Eberhard finished up the doubles point, winning 6-1. Spring Hill went on to win every point in singles play, with Wallace and Sebastien Torres completing the clean sweep of 6-0.
The Badgers completed the trifecta sweep, winning 4-0 in the last match of the day against Benedict College. Wallace and Blasco Granell started out doubles play with a 6-1 win. Benedict would pick up the next set, forcing Kern and Gutermann to squeeze out their doubles victory with a 7-6 win, securing the doubles point for SHC. Kern, Eberhard and Blasco Granell were able to win their singles matches, securing the win and second day sweep for the Badgers.
Match Details
Date: Feb 9
Time: 9 a.m. / 2 p.m. / 4 p.m.
Venue(Location): Copeland-Cox Tennis Center (Mobile, Ala.)
Results
Spring Hill 7, Fort Valley State 0
Records: Spring Hill (4-0, 4-0 SIAC), Fort Valley State (1-3, 1-3 SIAC)
Doubles:
- Philip Bosman/Noah Eberhard (SHC) def. Khalil Moss/Jonathan Allen (FSVU) 6-0
- Paul-Philipp Kern/Tom Gutermann (SHC) def. Devin Joseph/Stacey Sims (FVSU) 6-1
- Charles Wallace/Hugo Blasco Granell (SHC) def. Steven Ezell/Williams White (FVSU) 6-0
Singles:
- Philip Bosman (SHC) def. Stacey Sims (FVSU) 6-0, 6-0
- Tom Gutermann (SHC) def. Khalil Moss (FVSU) 6-0, 6-0
- Paul-Philipp Kern (SHC) def. Jonathan Allen (FVSU) 6-0, 6-0
- Arthur Praud (SHC) def. Devin Joseph (FVSU) 6-0, 6-0
- Jack Robinson (SHC) def. Branden Dandridge (FVSU) 6-1, 6-0
- Noah Eberhard(SHC) def. Steven Ezell (FVSU) 6-0, 6-0
Spring Hill 7, Morehouse 0
Records: Spring Hill (4-0, 4-0 SIAC)
Doubles:
- Philip Bosman/Noah Eberhard (SHC) def. J. Samuel/S. Soto (MC) 6-1
- Paul-Philipp Kern/Tom Gutermann (SHC) def. B. Broady/E. Hill (MC)6-0
- Charles Wallace/Hugo Blasco Granell (SHC) def. A. Simon/N. Jones (MC)6-0
Singles:
- Philip Bosman (SHC) def. J. Samuel (MC) 6-1, 6-1
- Tom Gutermann (SHC) def. S. Soto (MC) 6-0, 6-1
- Charles Wallace (SHC) def. B. Broady (MC) 6-0, 6-0
- Sebastian Torres (SHC) def. E. Hill (MC) 6-0, 6-0
- Hugo Blasco Granell (SHC) def. A. Simon (MC) 6-0, 6-1
- William Cain (SHC) def. N. Jones (MC) 6-0, 6-0
Spring Hill 4, Benedict 0
Records: Spring Hill (4-0, 4-0 SIAC) , Benedict College 3-2 (3-1 SIAC)
Doubles:
- Chigaazira/Chigaazira (BC) def. Philip Bosman/Noah Eberhard (SHC) 5-7
- Paul-Philipp Kern/Tom Gutermann (SHC) def. Singh/Kiwirai (BC) 7-6
- Charles Wallace/Hugo Blasco Granell (SHC) def. Bokknight/Ngwarwi (BC) 6-1
Singles:
- Philip Bosman (SHC) def. Chigaazira (BC) 7-5
- Tom Gutermann (SHC) def. Singh (BC) 6-3, 5-2
- Paul-Philipp Kern (SHC) def. Chigaazira (BC) 6-3, 6-4
- Charles Wallace (SHC) def. Kiwirai (BC) 7-5, 3-3,
- Noah Eberhard (SHC) def. Bokknight (BC) 6-0, 6-0
- Hugo Blasco Granell (SHC) def. Ngwarwi (BC) 6-1, 6-1
Match Notes
– The Badgers continued their SIAC sweep streak, not giving up a single point in a match since April 1.
– Kern grew his conference win streak to 15 wins.
Up Next
The Badgers finish up the SIAC Round-Up on Saturday.
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